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N&V-L Digest 477 - May 01, 1999
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There are 4 messages in this digest.
1. Clarification from the Associated Examining Board (AEB)
2. Looking for Immersion courses
3. Teachers' seminar at International House, Buenos Aires
4. Request from Ana Maria Armendariz
[ Message transmitted May 01, 1999, Internet Time 733 ]
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Previous months' digests can be found on the web site at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/listpage/digests.html
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1. Clarification from the Associated Examining Board (AEB)
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Concerning the Junior English Tests and Senior English Tests:
The AEB has a series of Junior English Tests (JET) designed
for children
aged 6 to 13 years old and the series of Senior English Tests
(SET) aimed at
students aged 14 plus. These are available to AEB registered centres
directly from the AEB office at Stag Hill House, Guildford, Surrey
GU2 5XJ,
UK.
The AEB currently has NO APPROVED REPRESENTATIVES working
in Argentina.
There are a number of individually registered schools where JET
SET Tests
can be taken. At present all tests papers must be returned to
the UK where
they are marked by AEB examiners. Certificates are only issued
by the AEB
in Guildford,Surrey, UK.
If you have any queries concerning the JET SET Tests please
contact
<slewis@aeb.org.uk>, (Fax: +44 1483 300152).
Posted by: Susan Lewis
mailto:SLewis@aeb.org.uk
[ List members are advised that apparently there may be
'centres' offering
these exams in Argentina unofficially. N&V-L recommends that
if you have
any doubts you contact AEB directly at <slewis@aeb.org.uk>.
- List Ed.]
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2. Looking for Immersion courses
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I have been asked by a colleague who does not have email
if I can
find an immersion course for the Financial manager of an Argentine
company who has a pre-intermediate level of English and is travelling
to the UK in September.
An alternative in South America would be most satisfactory.
Does any list member know of any immersion operations in
Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, etc., suitable for such a person ? Please post
any
suggestions to the list.
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
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3. Teachers' seminar at International House, Buenos Aires
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International House Buenos Aires announces that its next
seminar
for EL teachers will be held on Saturday May 8, from 9.30 to 12.30.
Title: Teaching Speaking Strategies to develop students
speaking skills.
Lecturer: Kate Leigh
Venue: Pacheco de Melo 2555 (1425) Capital Federal
For further information and enrolment please call: 11 4805-6393
or
11 4801-5954 or e-mail at
<mailto:melo@internet.siscotel.com>melo@internet.siscotel.com
Forwarded by: List Editor
mailto:melo@internet.siscotel.com
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4. Request from Ana Maria Armendariz
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Prob due to an excessive inbox load, my Eudora programme
"decided"
it was too much and ERASED the whole thing with over 200 msgs.
Among them were at least 15 on questions relating to Foreign
Language Teacher Education, institutional projects mainly.
If you know of someone who sent me a msg after April 8,
can you
pls them to re-send it?
I promise to catch up up with my mail.
Thanx a lot.
Ana
Posted by Ana Armendáriz
mailto:armenda@impsat1.com.ar
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N&V-L Digest 478 - May 05, 1999
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There are 5 messages in this digest.
1. Immersion programmes in Argentina
2. Workshop: Let's read the newspaper together
3. To all those Esperanto-lovers out there
4. Welcome presentations
5. Message from Elsa Grimaldi, Univ. El Litoral
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1. Immersion programmes in Argentina
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Here is the e-mail address of the immersion programmes
representative in Bahía Blanca (Prov. of Bs.As.)
Prof. Ana Giner, plus the "colonias" web address.
There are immersion programmes for different levels and
different ages.
I hope this is of some help.
Posted by:Marta S. M. de Correa
Tres Arroyos (Bs.As.)
http:www.colonias.com.ar
mailto:anaginer@infovia.com.ar
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2. Workshop: Let's read the newspaper together
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The English Language Center is pleased to announce the
following
seminar to be held on its premises:
"Let's read the newspaper together: a cultural and linguistic approach".
It is not easy to read the news and understand it. There
are two
problems involved:
1) we don't often know the background to the news
2) we may not be well acquainted with the language.
With these two objectives in view we will try to gain knowledge
both
factual and linguistic.
Lecturers: Aldo O. Blanco
Rob Greenhalgh (USA)
Date: Saturday, May 8, 1999
Time: 3:00 -6:00pm
Venue: T.E.L. Center, Thames 511, Capital Federal
For further information and enrolment please contact us
by phone/fax:
(011) 4856-0020 or E-mail: <hmlopez@infovia.com.ar>
Posted by: Viviana Myslicki
mailto:hmlopez@infovia.com.ar
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3. To all those Esperanto-lovers out there
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These musings, as Martin Eayres likes to call them, originated
from
the surprisingly sophisticated social -and political- commentary
of
a former student of mine, a ten-year-old fourth grader at a state-run
school who, early last year, said -in class- something to the
effect
of "...it's unfair: little boys and girls in the USA don't
have to
study English at school. They learn it at home, it's their native
language."
To which my rather uninspired response at the time was
-"Well, yes."
This little girl, who would undoubtedly be much happier studying
Esperanto -such being the philosophy behind her comment- apparently
fails to realize all the shortcomings of an artificial language
facing up to a real, full-blooded, historical one: to name but
one
key point, Esperanto is hopelessly imprecise (and I know something
about the subject).
"Cantistaro," for example, can be A) a choir;
B) a musician's
meeting; C) an assembly of musicians. One could go on and on;
if
we have to choose one language for international communication,
whoever can beat the sublety, the humor, the sheer sophistication
of a language that has emphatically stood the test of time? English
is already the language of science and business; why not also
the
language in which we communicate with those from afar? Spanish?
Yes. French? Yes. Portuguese, Italian, German? Yes, yes, yes.
English? Why not English? Why not, indeed?
Posted by:Ezequiel Darío Cantón
mailto:zekefreak@infovia.com.ar
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4. Welcome presentations
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ESSARP organises Welcome meetings to allow teachers who
are not
familiar with IGCSE/AICE examinations, but who may be considering
preparing their students for them, to obtain some background on
the
exams, their organisation and components.
More Welcome to IGCSE presentations!
May 17th 17.30 - 20 Janet Lenton
Welcome to IGCSE English as a 2nd Language
May 27th 17.30 - 20 Susana S. de van Waveren
Welcome to IGCSE Physics
May 13th 17.30 - 20 Litty Mora
Welcome to AICE (Advanced International Certificate of Education)
Presentation in Spanish for Heads and Co-ordinators.
June 2nd 17.30 - 20 Janet Lenton
Welcome to AICE English
The sessions are free of charge, but registration is required.
Regular meetings for the teachers teaching these courses are run
throughout the year.
For further information, please refer to the Course Programme
and/or
contact ESSARP.
All "Welcome" sessions will take place at the
ESSARP Centre,
Callao 67 5*A, Tel.: 4371-6064, Fax.: 4383-2260,
E-mail: centre@essarp.org.ar
Posted by: Cristina Banfi
mailto:banfi@essarp.org.ar
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5. Message from Elsa Grimaldi, Univ. El Litoral
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I have been requested by Elsa Grimaldi, member of the Academic
Committee ofEl Litoral University, School of Teacher Education,
and Foreign Languages Coordinator, to inform possible candidates
of their 'Licenciatura' that their server has been down since
last week, and will be for a few more days.
Consequently, all those colleagues that sent enrolment
forms in
the past ten days or so are kindly requested to resend them to
my personal e-mail number, <armenda@impsat1.com.ar>.
I will be collecting all the application forms and either
fax
them, or save them all on diskette and send it by snail mail.
Similarly, I will be glad to receive queries and questions,
which
I will be resending in one way or another.
Elsa wishes to present prospective candidates with her
apologies
for this unforeseen technological obstacle, and would like to
announce there are over 100 candidates down for the course, and
that they will all be admitted provided they can attest to four-year
tertiary level certification, state or private.
The Committee are organising dates for a second cohort
to have access
tothe course.
Finally, in the name of the Academic Secretariat and Academic
Committee, Elsa would like to voice their satisfaction at the
response there has been from all over the country, even Ushuaia!
Fond regards to all.
Ana
Posted by: Ana Armendáriz
mailto:armenda@impsat1.com.ar
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N&V-L Digest 479 - May 09, 1999
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There are 4 messages in this digest.
1. IATEFL Chile 2000 - Call for papers
2. Shakespeare Conference - call for papers
3. EduCanada exhibition in Buenos Aires
4. Upheaval in MCyE - Buenos Aires Herald Sunday editorial
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1. IATEFL Chile 2000 - Call for papers
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Theme : ELT Chile in the year 2000: The way forward
When : 12-13 May, 2000
Where : Diego Portales Convention Centre, Santiago, Chile
Papers : EFL professionals are invited to present papers,
organize workshops and panels. Academic and commercial
presentations are welcomed
Abstracts : Please send your abstracts to IATEFL CHILE,
by October 15 1999
Contact: Nigel Blackburn,
Assoc. of British Schools,
Juan Montalvo 80,
Las Condes,
Santiago,
Chile.
Telephone (56-2) 212 1953
Fax : 212 1944
e-mail <absch@santiago.cl>
Posted by: Liliana Baltra
Mailto:lbaltra@inacap.cl
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2. Shakespeare Conference - call for papers
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The Instituto Superior del Profesorado Dr Joaquin Gonzalez
(Eng11sh Department) announces its First International
Shakespeare Conference - "William Shakespeare - his work,
his time and his influence", which will be held in Buenos
Aires 15- 18 September, 1999, at the Instituto Felix F.
Bernasconi,.
If you wish to write a paper, please send an abstract no
later than June 25 maximum: 200 wordss and a brief C.V.
to the The Instituto Superior del Profesorado Dr Joaquin
Gonzalez (Eng11sh Department) at Rivadavia 3577, (1204)
Capital Federal, Argentina.
At the moment of accreditation you should include a copy
of the complete presentation limit: 10 doublespace pages,
20 minutes in a Diskette 3Y2", Windows 95/98, MS WORD 97)
Fees: until June 25: Presenters $ 50 each
Participants S 30 each
Students $ 10 each
after June 25; $60, $40 and $20 respectivvely.
Information: Te : 4863-3916
Fax:4863-3905/4863-3916
E-Mail: profjvg@fausto.mcye.gov.ar
Forwarded by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
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3. EduCanada exhibition in Buenos Aires
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I have received information from the Canadian Embassy of
an
event, EduCanada, to take place in Buenos Aires (14/15 May,
Figueroa Alcorta 2977) and in Mendoza (12 May at the Hotel
Aconcagua).
This event is to promote English and French courses in
Canada,
and list members may wish to pass this information on to
colleagues teaching French.
More information at http://www.cecbuenosaires.net.ar in
English, French and Spanish.
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
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4. Upheaval in MCyE - Buenos Aires Herald Sunday editorial
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Below is a scanned version of the Sunday 9 April editorial
of
the Buenos Aires Herald, written by Michael Soltys. Newspaper
texts do not scan easily and I apologies for any typos that
may have crept in. Accents and tildes have been suspended as
they make a mess of some email readers.
Two comments:
a) it is not list policy to publish such long articles
but I
have used my discretion as list editor on this occasion in
the interest of the many list members living outside
Argentina who may not be aware of recent events.
b) the article (like many journalistic pieces) takes a
certain
political stance. I should like to make it clear that N&V-L
and its list editor do not necessarily share or disagree
with any of the ideas expressed.
Naturally list members are invited to respond though this
medium
(and to the Herald too if you wish). Nevertheless, they will only
be granted the normal space - two screens maximum.
Text follows -------------
How to resign without signing - Michael Soltys
Scanned from the Buenos Aires Herald, May 09, 1999,
page 3. Copyright Buenos Aires Herald
Who could deny that education is more important than politics,
yet the crisis culminating in Education Minister Susana
Decibe's traumatic exit last Friday could well end up having a
greater impact on the course of the election campaign than on
educational policy.
Suddenly an Alliance opposition which has been in free
fall
throughout this year received its first break - the sacred
cause of defending education against indiscriminate
spending-cuts as the perfect launching-pad from which to
attack the government. And suddenly it is the government's
turn to look bemused and confused - the complete flipside from
the cool crisis managers of the Mexican and Brazilian
devaluations - as ministers wrangle while the supporters of
President Carlos Menem and Buenos Aires Governor Eduardo
Duhalde draw up their battle-lines between fiscal solvency now
and educating for the future .
Strange as it sounds, just two days of protests by a few
hundred students have done more to dent government morale than
two years of the teachers' White Tent.
Yet it is still early days for the momentum on this issue
to
develop. For the spending cuts to remain an Alliance target,
they will obviously have to continue and here Congress could
play a decisive role. In fact, Decree 455/99 is highly flawed,
quite apart from the little fiddle of having it dated April 29
(when Decibe was in Cuba to save her from having to sign), it
drives a coach and horses through the Constitution, - any
Congress endorsing the decree would be abdicating all control
over the budget. Congress has already flexed its muscles by
restoring the 100-million-peso shift to universities within
the education budget (and also three pesos per vote for
parties instead of one, it might be added in passing). The
cuts might well be doomed to oblivion in this coming week -
did this occur to Decibe before resigning abruptly -or was she
intent on resigning anyway?
Another reason why this issue might rapidly- fade is that
the
apparently tough choice between financial solvency and
education is far from inexorable - some false opposites
have been created.
The real issue here should not so much be the value of
education (indisputably top priority as the only way to make
the technological leap to a modern competitive society, to say
nothing of a human right) but rather the quality of spending
and here both sides on this debate have much to answer for. As
we shall see, it would be equally easy to make sensible cuts
elsewhere and within education.
When education is the key to the next millennium, surely
the
government could have found 280 million pesos to cut from, for
instance, the 458 million spent on advisors, 188 million on
trips, 190 million on SIDE intelligence and 61 million on the
press office, just to give a few examples of the billions
wasted. Last week both the notoriously corrupt PAMI pensioners
health care scheme and the Corrientes provincial government
were bailed out yet educational cuts were converted into an
absolute. Even granted the need for spending cuts, the
across-the-board approach applied shows a crass lack of
imagination in a generation when even bombs are supposed to be
"smart" - the total lack of consultation and inability
to
forecast reactions shows an even more abysmal failure in
public relations. Cuts are the path of least resistance, as
opposed to doing something about tax evasion.
Yet the martyr crowns currently being worn by the university
authorities sit uneasily on some heads. In University of
Buenos Aires (UBA) Chancellor Oscar Shuberoff's dramatic
threat to close down UBA on October 1 for lack of funds, the
veteran UBA head (somebody rarely mentioned by Radicals when
the issue of re-election crops up) shows himself a better
politician than mathematician or administrator. The cuts plan
to subtract 17 million from the UBA budget of 296 million
pesos - in threatening to close down UBA for the last quarter,
Shuberoff maths would have us believe that 17 divided by 296
equals a quarter. To speak of closing UBA in the election
month of October is thus crassly political.
Yet bizarre maths is far from the worst of Shuberoff's
faults
in running his bloated empire of 185,000 students (a
terrifyingly unwieldy figure which speaks for itself). Thus
Shuberoff spends more on his administrative offices than on
UBA's medical faculty, which nevertheless produces three times
more graduates than needed despite a pass rate of only 20
percent. No wonder renowned heart surgeon René Favaloro
made
his massively unpopular off-the-cuff remark that many
faculties would hardly be missed since graduate overproduction
leaves most professionals unemployed anyway.
The wave of sympathy in which universities now bask should
also be measured against the fact that-they already claim 1.8
billion of the 2.8 billion pesos in the 1999 educational
budget and it is not even clear whether budget was trimmed or
merely not increased (with the money coming from Congress
cancelling out the cuts). This in turn makes it hard to say
whether the cuts total the figure usually given of 280 million
pesos (a tenth of the budget) or not but some other areas of
education (including support for hinterland schools) are being
savaged by cuts of 40-60 percent. Within this context the 37
martyred state universities (as against eight in 1970) might
even seem a luxury in this context, especially when it is
asked how many of the 105,000 on the university payroll
actually teach. Of course, others might ask whether Argentina
needs an Education Ministry at all if universities are
autonomous while schools have been decentralized to the
provinces.
In fact, education must be seen as an investment, not an
expense - the only way to overcome the false option between
fiscal and educational responsibility. The only way for any
good to emerge from this crisis is for a broad educational
reform spanning both this and the next government. The state
should increase (not cut) spending but waste must be minimized
and the funding must be genuine - i.e. neither debt nor
inflation but taxes willingly paid by a society convinced of
the value of education and assured that its sacrifices will
not be squandered by the Shuberoffs. The universities should
not only be improving the quality of spending but seeking to
broaden their revenue base. In this context fears of fees are
being voiced by students even before anybody has mentioned
them although there are other ways of achieving similar aims -
thus student ranks can be trimmed by more selective entry
requirements as well as by fees while university coffers can
also be boosted by private-sector sponsorship. The current
dialectic of blind. cuts and mindless protests should be
superseded as soon as possible.
Anyway Decibe is now out after 1, 135 days as Minister
and
Deputy Education Minister Manuel Garcia Solá becomes Menem's
400th minister on the same principle of automatic succession
whereby Decibe succeeded Jorge Rodríquez (now Cabinet Chief)
in March, 1996. His task should inspire no envy.
These spending cuts are rapidly becoming more than an
educational issue - many Peronist governors are up in arms
over suspended public works. Resentment of the foreign debt is
also palpably returning to public discourse for the first time
in many years. But in all fairness to the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), these steep cuts would be three times as
harsh were the zero deficit strictly required by convertiblity
to be imposed - the billion-plus cuts of Decree 455/99 are the
IMF condition for allowing two billion pesos to be, added to
the deficit. It should also be pointed out that if social
areas of spending are the worst hit, they are also where the
most money is spent.
-------text ends
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
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N&V-L Digest 480 - May 12, 1999
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There are 5 messages in this digest.
1. Uruguay's national ELT Conference
2. Federal Agreement A-14 modified
3. Vll Teachers and Students Annual Congress
4. Public library web site for children
5. Upcomimng SEAL event in Buenos Aires
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1. Uruguay's national ELT Conference
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The Uruguay National Conference will take place at the
end
of LABCI (which is a closed conference) and is open to the
general public.
The event will take place at the Anglo in Montevideo on
Friday the 9th July and entrance will be US$30, coffee
and tea providad, - very feasible for people in Bs As
to enjoy as a day's outing.
It will be the big ELT event in Uruguay for the year,
and the exhibitors from LABCI and many LABCI speakers
will also be around.
Programme as follows:
9.00 - 9.50 Dave Allan (NILE, Norwich):
Assessment (to be confirmed)
10.00 - 10.50 Peter Medgyes (Eotvos Lorand University,
Budapest)
Laughing Matters
10.50 - 11.20 COFFEE BREAK
11.20 - 12.10 Herbert Puchta (CUP):
Pygmalion in the Language Classroom
Motivation, Beliefs and Identity
12.20 - 13 10 Richard Rossner (Bell Schools)
Mastery, Mystery and Magic in ELT
13.10 - 14.30 LUNCH BREAK
14.30 - 15.20 Carol Read (MacMillan-Heinemann)
Towards Whole Learning
15.30 - 16.20 a) Christine Nuttall (UCLES)
BEC - Focus on Candidates' Performance
b) Peter Moor (Pearson Education)
Language input in a Task-Based Approach
16.30 - 17.20 Susan Holden (Swan Communication)
Culture and Cross Culture: Whose? Why?
17.20 - 17.50 COFFEE BREAK
17.50 - 18.40 a) Andy Hopkins (Pearson Education)
The World of Fiction in Classroom Realities
b) OUP Speaker
(to be announced)
18.50 - 19.40 Ron White (University of Reading)
Being Polite
Further information:
WWW: http://www.anglo.edu.uy
e-mail <anglo@multi.com.uy>
Tel: (598-2) 902-37-73
Fax (598-2) 902-13-87
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
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2. Federal Agreement A-14 modified
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This is to inform all colleagues -- in particular all the
ones
involved in institutional projects concerning FL Teacher Education
-- that on May 6, 1999, at the XXXiX Federal Council of Culture
and Education Assembly, presided by former Minister Susana Decibe,
Federal Agreement A-14, WAS MODIFIED in the area of Foreign
Languages and Artistic Education.
This implies that there are now two certificates for Foreign
Languages, as follows:
a) Foreign Language Teacher for Pre-School and the First
and
Second Cycles of EGB, and b) Foreign Language Teacher for the
Third Cycle of EGB and Polymodal Education
The first is not an intermediate certificate but can be
articulated
institutionally with the other degree.
Those of you with a good memory must remember that the
passing of
A-14 with a single certificate provoked a shower of faxes from
all
over the country to the Federal Council's Secretariat in October,
November and December in 1997 requesting the modification of A-14.
Since then, the Silvias and myself -- though the Silvias
are not
part of the FLs Team this year unfortunately because of serious
budget financial cuts -- have produced around 15 documents battling
for the two certificates in accordance with consensus of opinion.
Now we have the requested two certificates, so it's time
to work
on institutional projects in terms of this new Resolution IN ALL
HASTE. Accreditation deadline is May 30.
I must, in all recognition, remind colleagues that the
Silvias,
authors of the CBC in FL Teacher Education, were bold enough to
write a document that acknowledged the two certificates in terms
of the identified consensus of opinion, IN INSPITE OF A-14 as
it
was passed by the Federal Council of Culture and Education in
October 1997.
I cannot but declare my admiration to them -- Silvia Luppi
and
Silvia Rettaroli -- for the work they did which included 31
versions of the original document. SALUD, SILVIAS!! MY HAT TO
YOU!
I can send whoever is interested the Federal Council's
Resolution
full text, which I cannot send through this medium because it
is -
obviously - in Spanish.
By the same token, I'd like to inform all colleagues of
all areas
that the Curricular Transformation Programme coming under the
Research and Educational Development Unit is still in office despite
Dr. Cecilia Braslavsky's resignation, and in accordance with the
fax Dr. Braslavsky's sent to all the Ministers on May 7, 1999
informing them that we go on with our yearly planning.
Regards to all.
Ana Armendáriz
FLs Coordinator
Research and Educational Development
Ministry of Culture and Education
mailto:armenda@impsat1.com.ar
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3. Vll Teachers and Students Annual Congress
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This is some additional information about the Vll Annual
Congress for
students, teachers and translators under the subject theme "Getting
prepared for the 3rd Millennium", to be held in San Sdor
de Jujuy during
the 8,9 and 10 October 1999. For all those persons who are interested
in
lecturing we will have presentations of papers, workshops, panels,
plenaries, conferences and we are open to any other proposals
at that
respect.
Lecturers should send 3 (three) copies of their work, 2
(two) in English
and 1(one) in Spanish, according to ministry regulations; these
should be
typed on A4 paper size and should state the approximate duration
of the
lecture, as well as the kind of lecture to be presented (workshop,
panel,
plenary). Resources should also be specified as well as estimated
number
of people attending the lecture and also if there is a preference
in the
date. If there might be additional information which is considered
to be
relevant it should also be stated in the proposal.
Deadline for presentation of papers is 15 July, 1999.
Papers can be sent to
San Martin 987
4600- San Sdor de Jujuy
Jujuy- Argentina
or faxed to
(0388) - 4226299 (Fax público) to Ms Liliana Murillo
or e-mailed to
ritajose@mail.imagine.com.ar
kreibri@imagine.com.ar
For all those people who might be interested in attending
the Congress
fees are as follows
Before 30 July After 30 July
Students
(w/ valid certificate) $ 35.- $ 50.-
Others $ 60.- $ 75.-
Registration payment will be made through a bank deposit.
We will inform
you of the account number as soon as possible.
We will keep informing you of other details on later weeks.
For any further questions you may contact any of the above
addresses or
telephone Ms Ema Cerpa
(0388) - 4238470
Posted by:Rita Aldorino
mailto:ritajose@mail.imagine.com.ar
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4. Public library web site for children
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[ I picked this up on another list and am posting it for
N&V-L list members. - List Editor ]
An exciting new public library web site for children aged
8-11 has been launched. Stories From the Web is about
stories, writing and reading and has been developed by
the Centre for the Child, Birmingham City Library Services,
Bristol City Library Services, Leeds City Library Services
and the UK Office for Library and Information Networking.
The web site is part of a project which is exploring how
public libraries can use the web to provide reading
promotion and development services to children in an
electronic environment. The not-for-profit website allows
children to read extracts of stories and poems from high
profile authors online and then send in reviews, their
own stories and enter competitions.
The launch of the website is the first stage of this
exciting project which is being managed by the Centre
for the Child in Birmingham Central Library. In the
next stage of the project computer clubs for children
will be held in libraries in Birmingham, Bristol and
Leeds. These clubs will work through a programme of
planned activities which will use the Internet as a
tool to get children to read, borrow and buy more books.
The web site of Stories From the Web can be found at
http://hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/stories/
Further information about the project is available
from Lydia Matheson, the Project Co-ordinator.
Lydia's contact details are
Lydia Matheson
Stories from the Web
Centre for the Child
Birmingham Central Library
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham B3 3HQ
E-mail stories@dial.pipex.com
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
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5. Upcomimng SEAL event in Buenos Aires
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SEAL (Society for Effective Affective Learning) in
Argentina announces its second Event in 1999 "The Hidden
Curriculum", with Mercedes de Moore
Date: May 15, from 9:30 to 1 p.m..
Venue: Colegio Amapola, Nicaragua 4739.
Information/registration: send a fax to (011) 4752-4701.
Do we teach English? Do we teach in English? Do we teach
through English? This workshop is an invitation to educators
of all age-groups to experience and reflect on what comes
first in education and in our personal lives. Should we, for
instance, be teaching self-worth, or listening skills, or
thinking skills, or grammar? Should any of these be taught
in preference to the others, or at the expense of the others.
What does it matter how much or how well we do if what
we do is
not what matters most?
The latest theory will be woven into practical application
which can be used in the classroom.
Posted by: Terry Cullen
mailto:tcullen@cvtci.com.ar
**
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N&V-L Digest 481 - May 14, 1999
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There are 4 messages in this digest.
1. APIBA Conference and other news
2. From the TESOL Video Interest Section
3. XIII Seminario Nacional do Projeto Ensino de Ingles
4. April 99 N&V-L Digest now up
**
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1. APIBA Conference and other news
----------------------------------
On May 7th & 8th APIBA (Asociación de Profesores
de Inglés de
Buenos Aires) held the conference "The Future of Teacher
Education" at Colegio Champagnat. This conference was
particularly timely, considering recent events in Argentina.
Two plenary sessions were held on Friday evening, one by
Silvia
Ronchetti and the other one by Ana María Armendáriz,
Silvia
Luppi and Silvia Rettarolli. Many people attended these sessions
and showed great enthusiasm for the issues under discussion.
The talks were really enlightening.
On Saturday morning concurrent sessions were led by speakers
from Argentina and abroad (Alicia Artusi, Raymond Day, Martin
Eayrs, Martin Hyde, Analía Kandel, Nora Fabiana Lizemberg,
Alejandra V. Pron, and Silvana Riccio de Bottino. The sessions
covered many topics ranging from Task-based approach to the
impact of the cultural component in teacher training. The
conference was closed by another plenary by María Inés
Cambiasso
and María Silvia Stagnaro, which dealt with changes in
Teacher
Training College entrance exams. The proceedings of this
conference will be published by APIBA and will be available
in the near future.
This conference once again showed that teachers are really
concerned about the future of education in general, and teacher
education in particular, and are ready to change and develop
their teaching strategies to be able to cater for the needs of
a society in constant flux.
APIBA would like to take advantage of this opportunity
to thank
both the lecturers and the participants for taking part in this
event. We would also like to remind our members and future members
that they can contact us (and pay their dues) at M.T. de Alvear
1369 (KEL S.A.), (1058) Capital Federal, Tel: 4 813-6884,
apiba99@yahoo.com, Office Hours: Tuesdays from 11 to 15.
APIBA will be holding its annual Seminar (and Annual General
Meeting, elections included) in October of this year. Be on the
look out for other APIBA events before then!
Posted by: Stella Schulte de Ugarte
APIBA Committee Member
mailto:stellaschulte@ciudad.com.ar
**
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2. From the TESOL Video Interest Section
----------------------------------------
Dear Friends, Videophiles and Members of the TESOL Video
Interest Section,
TESOL Video News invites your submissions in the form of
articles, narratives, columns, announcements, reviews and other
news. The goal of TESOL Video News is to provide its readers
with practical articles on the production and use of video in
English teaching, including student and teacher produced
videos, reviews of commercially available materials,
listening/speaking/reading/writing instruction through movies
and TV, media literacy, film analysis, intercultural training,
video as an assessment tool, teacher education, interactive
video, distance learning, and the use of new video-related
technology.
Length of articles should generally be in the 500-1500
word
range, of general practical interest, and related to the goal
of the newsletter (see above). Shorter reviews, announcements
and teaching tips are also welcome. Please send three (3)
copies of all material by e-mail (cut and paste into message,
no attachments, hard copies or disks, if possible) to Tom
Bello, Newsletter Editor <tbello@pen.k12.va.us> and Co-editors
Eph Tunkle <etunkle@arches.uga.edu> and Monica Aparicio
<maparicio@arnet.com.ar>. All articles should include author's
affiliation and a brief bio (up to 25 words).
Please send the article by June 15th.
Posted by: Monica Aparicio"
mailto:maparicio@arnet.com.ar
**
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3. XIII Seminario Nacional do Projeto Ensino de Ingles
-------------------------------------------------------
The Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro has announced
the
XIII Seminario Nacional do Projeto Ensino de Ingles Instrumental
em Universidades e Escolas Teenivas Brasileiras, with the partcipation
of Dr. John Holmes (University of Leeds), Heloisa Collins (PUC-SP),
Maria Antonieta Celani and Rosinda Ramos (PUC-SP).
Date: 27 Sept - 1 Oct, 1999
Proposals: by 26 June, 1999
Info: UERJ - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
XIII SeminArio de Inglds Instrumental
Instituto de Letras
A/C Professora Rosfingela Avila Dantas
Presidente da Comissdo Local
Rua Sdo Francisco Xavier, 524 - I 1 0 andar
Sala 11.002 Bloco A
CEP 20.550-013
Rio de Janeiro
Tel/fax: (021) 587-7149 / Tel.: 587-7313 E-mail: <xiii-esp@uerj.br>
You can also visit http://www2.uerj.br/~pgletras/noticias/xiiiesp.htm
for full information.
Forwarded by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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4. April 99 N&V-L Digest now up
---------------------------------
I forgot to post telling list members that the Digests
for April
99 are now up on the N&V-L web page which you will find at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/listpage/digests.html
All future digests will be posted to this URL at the end
of each
month. If I ever find the time to do it I will put up back numbers
for the last three years but this is not my first priority at
present.
However, if anyone wants to volunteer to edit these I shall
be
very happy to delegate the job !
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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N&V-L Digest 482 - 18 May 1999
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There are 5 messages in this digest.
1. Call for Methodology articles
2. Looking for pen pals
3. 1st Southern Meeting of EFL Teachers
4. Links from ELT News & Views web site
5. English Speaking Union - Cultural Seminar
**
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1. Call for Methodology articles
--------------------------------
The September 1999 issue of 'ELT News & Views' will
be
accompanied by a special supplement devoted to 'Trends
in ELT Methodology'
This deliberately 'vague' title has been chosen in
acknowledgement of the wide variety of approaches and
methods currently available to the practitioner and also
in the hope of producing a wide range of stimulating and
provocative articles in less known areas.
Contributions are invited from all list members.
Copyright remains with the author - ELT News & Views
merely requests first printing and reprint rights.
The length would ideally be 1500 - 2000 words although
exceptions can be made in some special cases. All
submissions should reach us electronically by 30 July
at the latest.
Articles previously printed in other magazines are not
encouraged yet not rejected out of hand. They should however
be accompanied by written permission from the orignial
author(s) and publisher. Source of previous publishing will
always be acknowledged in ELT News & Views.
ELT News & Views has an ISSN number (0329-885X) which
means that work published in its pages can be cited in
most academic contexts and may be accepted for professional
accreditation at the discretion of the academic institution.
Further information can be found in our 'guide to contributors',
and I can send you a copy if you like or you can view, print or
download one from our web download page which you will find at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/download/download.html
Posted by: Martin Eayrs
Editor 'ELT News & Views'
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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2. Looking for pen pals
-----------------------
I received a letter at the office today asking where a
teacher
of secondary school students can find any organisation that can
provide addresses of pen friends in other countries for her
students to write to.
This is not by email: the school is in the Provinces and
most
students will not have access to a computer.
Any suggestions to the list please.
Thanks
Posted by; List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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3. 1st Southern Meeting of EFL Teachers
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The 1st Southern Meeting of EFL Teachers will take place
in
Bahía Blanca on October 8-10, organised by APIBB.
Limited vacancies (400 teachers and students)
Fee: members $50, non-members $100.
Contac: TE/Fax: 0291-4563166
Email: <apibb@impsat1.com.ar>
Forwarded by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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4. Links from ELT News & Views web site
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The ELT News & Views web site is currently building
up a 'Links'
page where we aim to concentrate on a small number of useful links:
national and international teacher's associations, Ministries
of
Education, British Council and USIS/USIA offices, etc.
Essentially our links will be to non-commercial organisations.
If
you are looking for hundreds of links relating to English Language
teaching you will find no shortage elsewhere, but that is not
our
aim.
Visit http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/links/links.html
to see the
page, although it is still very much in an embrionic stage.
List members are invited to contact us with suggestions
for useful
links of the kind mentioned above in Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Uruguay and Paraguay. If you have any suggestions for links (please
remember these must be non-commercial) or would like to link to
our
page please contact me by email.
Posted by: Martin Eayrs
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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5. English Speaking Union - Cultural Seminar
--------------------------------------------
The English Speaking Union of Argentina is organising a
cultural seminar
(Art, Poetry and Music in 20th Century Britain) on Saturday 19,
Sunday 20
& Monday 21 June 1999
This seminar offers a rare opportunity to discuss connections
and distinctions
between 20C art, poetry and music in Britain. Through lectures
from an art
historian, a poet and lecturer in English literature (both from
England),
and a music lecturer (Argentina), we look particularly at the
dynamic
tensions in this exciting period between Englishness and Modernism:
between
the culture of the drawing-room and that of the street, between
British late
romanticism and European radicalism, between the legacy of Pre-Raphaelite
intricacy and the legacy of Picasso and Matisse. The programme
will interweave
art, poetry and music, sometimes contrasting what is happening
in these fields
at the same time, sometimes making links between them
Lecturers
Nicholas Friend Director of the Cambridge University Art
History
Summer School, Director of the art history society
Inscape
Clive Wilmer Member of the Faculty of English, Cambridge
Poet: published four books of poetry including Selected
Poems
David Martin Member of Festivales Musicales Member of the
Steering
Committee of The E.S.U.Argentina
Topics
Vorticism in Art: David Bomberg, Wyndham Lewis, CRW Nevinson
Modernism in Poetry: Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot
Surrealism in Art: Wadsworth, Paul Nash, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth
The Poetry of the 1930's: W.H Auden and David Gascoyne
Music of the first half: Elgar, Vaughn-Williams, Delius, Holst,
Walton
of the century:
Neo Romanticism v The John Piper, Graham Sutherland and
Ivon Hitchens
Meaning of Marks: versus the St Ives Abstraction School of Nicholson
and Lanyon
Neo-Romanticism W.S. Graham and Philip Larkin
v The Movement:
Landscape and Flesh (1960 to present):
Art: Richard Long and Andy Goldsworthy , Francis Bacon,
Lucan Freud,
Helen Chadwick, Mona Hatoum , Cathy de Moncheaux
Poetry: Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney
Music of the second half Britten, Arnold, Birtwistle, Davis,
of the century: Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Lloyd-Weber
We do not ask for previous knowledge of the period or academic
expertise. We do
welcome your involvement in discussions, and in the combination
of an exciting
subject and your contributions, we hope this very special seminar
will be as
dynamic as the period with which it deals.
Venue: British Arts Centre (BAC) Suipacha 1333. Capital
Fee: $60 (Limited Vacancies)
Deadline for enrolment: Friday, May 21st
FURTHER ENQUIRIES:
Teresa Davis: Fax: 4815-7715 e-mail: davis@house.com.ar
Gaby Masson: Phone: 4771-4262 e-mail: gaby.masson@usa.net
Litty Mora Phone: 4790-5515/4794-5690
Posted by: Gaby Masson
mailto:gaby.masson@usa.net
**
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N&V-L Digest 483 - 19 May 1999
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There are 10 messages in this digest.
1. Penfriends
2. Penfriends
3. Penfriends
4. Business English updates
5. Legal English - a request
6. Looking for pen pals
7. IATEFL Brazil: Call for Papers
8. Shakespeare Conference in Buenos Aires
9. Theatre for teenagers - a request
10. Penfriends
**
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1. Penfriends
-------------
I have been using IYS (International Youth Service) for
more
than fifteen years with very good results. IYS is an organization
which arranges foreign pen friends for school children and
students between 10 and 20 years of age. They normally charge
$1 per address, but there is also a free form of service (or
there used to be). The address is:
International Youth Service
PB 125 FIN-20101 TURKU
Finland
Posted by: Mariana Precedo
mailto:mprecedo@netline.com.ar
**
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2. Penfriends
-------------
The best option we have found for this is the organization
IYS
(Internetional Youth Service). It is only "snail mail"
and works
very well. Although it is not free (one dollar per address required)
you can join a number of students and pay by credit card. They
are
matched with other students of the same age and interests and
can
write in English or other languages, as requested.
If you need more information, we can tell you about our
own
experience.
IYS address is : PB 125 FIN-20101
TURKU
FINLAND
Posted by: Marcela Pena
Campana, Bs. As.
mailto:esc@nornet.com.ar
**
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3. Penfriends
-------------
Here are some addresses to which my pupils wrote and got
lots of answers from all over the world.
Mrs. Grete Thomsen (Headmistress)
terndrup Halvej 1
DK -9575 Terndrup
Denmark
(They publish a school magazine which is sent to other
European
countries, to the U.S.A. and to Africa)
Ecole Internationale de Montreal.
11, chemin Cote St.-Antoine, Westmount
H3y 2H7
LeMars High School
1921 3rd. Ave.SW
LeMars
IA 51031
USA
Christ the King R.L. High School
Stamford Road.
Southport
PR8 4EX
England
Posted by: Marta S. Malaccorto de Correa
mailto:martam@3net.com.ar
**
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4. Business English updates
---------------------------
This is an invitation for those of you who are teaching
Business
English and would like to update your knowledge of economic and
business topics.
Asociación de Ex Alumnos del Profesorado en Lenguas Vivas
'Juan R.
Fernández' 'is giving a series of Business English workshops
starting next Saturday, May 22nd.
Our Association has been offering Business English workshops since
1997. The subjects chosen for this year's workshops have resulted
from a consensus reached with participants during last year's
meetings.
Classes will be held at the Asociación ( Paraguay 1935)
according
to the following schedule:
1. An Update on International Economic Trends. Pressures and
Opportunities of Globalization.
Saturday, May 22nd, from 10 to 12:30.
2. Evolution of Financial Markets in Emerging Economies.
Saturday, May 29th, from 10 to 12:30.
3. Action in the Marketplace. The Language of Capital Markets:
An
introduction to the Stock& Bond, Futures and Options Markets.
Saturday, June 5, from 10 to 12:30.
4. Exploiting authentic Capital Market material in the Business
English class.
Saturday, June 12, from 10 to 12:30.
For enrolment or further information, please contact us at the
Asociación (814-0545 or <mailto:aexalevi@ssdnet.com.ar>aexalevi@ssdnet.com.ar)
Posted by: Leonor Cozzolino mailto:aexalevi@ssdnet.com.ar
**
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5. Legal English - a request
----------------------------
Can anyone recommend a good British Legal English book?
Any suggestions would be gratefully received
Posted by: Heather Clark
mailto:kenhjc@entelchile.net
**
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6. Looking for pen pals
-----------------------
The Organization I came accross when I was in Primary School
was e:
IYS
International Youth Service
PB 125, SF-20101 Turku
Finland
- Write asking them for application forms, these have to
be filled
with personal data
- Students can choose up to 4 pen friends from all over the world
- the Org. matches them according to age, hobbies &
the countries
requested.
- there is a small fee of US$ 0.90.- per address
- they have some sort of bonus addresses & benefits
for teachers &
schools
I started this when I was 12 & I have to say I still
have my American,
Irish & Turkish penfriends though now we use both e-mail,
ICQ & snail
mail :)
If you need more info about this, just ask me
Posted by: Maria Elisa Suarez
mailto:mariaelisa@arnet.com.ar
**
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7. IATEFL Brazil: Call for Papers
----------------------------------
Event: IATEFL Brazil, 1st International Conference
When: 7/9 October 1999
Where: Rio Atlantico Hotel, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Theme: Cultural Awareness in the ELT Classroom
Blurb: Considering the internationalisation of the ELT
profession,
cultural aspects in the classroom can be approached from
several different points of view: the learners, the teachers,
teaching material and the classroom process as a whole.
The following SIGs will be represented in the conference
and
will exploit the conference theme:
* Global Issues
* Business English
* Young Learners
* Teacher Trainers
More: Proposals accepted up to the 30th June
You are invited to submit proposals, for papers or workshops
lasting no more than 45 minutes.
Get form from : IATEFL Br
Tania Dutra e Mello
Rua Sao Clemente, 258-4o. andar
22260-000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
e-mail:tania@culturainglesa.org.br
Fees: Member's rate - R$ 150,00
Non-member's rate - R$ 200,00
Posted on behalf of IATEFL Brazil by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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8. Shakespeare Conference in Buenos Aires
-----------------------------------------
The Instituto Superior del Profesorado "Dr. Joaquín
V. González"
and its Department of English will hold the First International
Conference on "William Shakespeare, His Work, His Times and
His
Influence".
This event will take place at the Auditorium of the Instituto
Félix F. Bernasconi. Catamarca 2099 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
from 15 through 18 September 1999.
This will be a meeting of international and local experts
on the
subject, who will assemble to exchange insights and research results
and it will be sponsored by the Secretaría de Educación
del Gobierno
de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Resolución N° 1912/98)
Secretaría de
Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires and Secretaría
de Cultura
del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Resolución Nº
1516/98).
The Conference is open to all those who wish to participate.
They
are invited to submit an abstract of their proposal no later than
25 June 1999. Abstracts of papers on any relevant topic will be
assessed by a board of experts. They should contain a maximum
of 200
words and they can be sent by post, fax or e-mail, together with
a
brief c.v. At the moment of accreditation participants should
include a
copy of their complete presentation (limit: 10 double - spaced
pages;
20 minutes) in a Diskette ( 3_. Windows 95/98. Microsoft WORD
97)
Reception of abstracts: until 25 June 1999 (maximum 200 words)
TEL: 4863-3916
FAX: 4863-3905 / 4863-3916
E-mail: profjvg@fausto.mcye.gov.ar
Fees: until 25 June 1999
Presenter (s) $ 50 each
Participant (teacher) $ 30
Participant (student) $ 10
After 25 June 1999 $ 60
$ 40
$ 20 respectively
Limited vacancies
No enrolments will be accepted on the day of the Congress.
Further information: INSP "Dr. Joaquín V. González"
Rivadavia 3577 1ª piso. Buenos Aires (1204) Argentina
Fax: 4863-3916 / 4863-3905
E-mail: profjvg@fausto.mcye.gov.ar
Forwarded to list by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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9. Theatre for teenagers - a request
------------------------------------
We would appreciate it if anybody could let us know whether
there are anyplays for teenagers in English playing at the
moment.
We would also like to know who we can contact in order
to get
some information about 'educational' weekends in an 'English
environment' for kids and teenagers, either in the city of
buenos Aires or on the outskirts.
Thank you very much
Posted by Silvana Ioli
mailto:interaction@movi.com.ar
**
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10. Penfriends
--------------
There's a very good organisation of penfriends called
"International Penfriends" based in Ireland and which
matches people from all over the according to their ages.
Their address is:
International Penfriends
PO Box 340
Dublin 12
Ireland
You may also contact them by e-mail: <mailto:info@ipf.ie>info@ipf.ie
Mailed by: Juan Monti"
mailto:juanmonti@copefaro.com.ar
**
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N&V-L Digest 484 - 23 May 1999
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There are 6 messages in this digest.
1. Penpals
2. Theatre for teenagers
3. New Business English list
4. Legal English - a suggestion
5. Legal English - another suggestion
6. Citing Sites: Help wanted
**
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1. Penpals
-------------
A good place to look for penpals is
IPFS
10015 Ivrea
Italia
e-mail: info@ipfs.org
internet: www.ipfs.org
The Director is Mr. Livio Tonso.
Maria Cristina Araujo
Teacher of English
mailto:connie@sion.com
**
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2. Theatre for teenagers
------------------------
I'm Alberto Alexander from The Group English Theatre Co.
The Group brings professional English theatre to the language
learner, in schools and language acadamies. It has been in
existence for 7 years, performing such plays as "Billy the
Kid";
"Robin Hood"; and finally, this year, "ELIOT NESS
CLEANS UP THE
MESS".
The plays are performed in the capital and the Greater
Buenos
Aires area, either in one of our theatres or in your own school.
They are especially produced with the English student in mind,
so they are both visual and dynamic, in order to focus and aid
concentration on the foreign language. Every play is accompanied
by a free Educational Resource Pack including an activity book
and a fun music tape with all the songs and lyrics from the show.
These are of utmost importance as they enable the teacher to
prepare even low-level students to follow and enjoy the play.
The show offers a novel and exciting way to stimulate and
entertain the student on the road to fluency.
This year's production, "ELIOT NESS CLEANS UP THE
MESS",
was chosen as an example of a present-day hero, defending
justice against law-breakers like Al Capone.
If you have any doubts or questions, please do not hesitate
to call us. If you do not have the Resource Pack, we will be
delighted to send you a copy.
Posated by: Alberto Alexander
mailto:alberto@thegroup.com.ar
**
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3. New Business English list
----------------------------
BUSINESS-SL, a business discussion listserve for your
English language students!
BUSINESS-SL is now an open subscription system available
to all business students of ESL/EFL! No procedure to
follow; subscribing is an easy one-step process.
The BUSINESS-SL list is designed for learners who want
to
practice their English by taking part in international email
business discussions. It's operated by La Trobe University
in Australia, and monitored by business English instructors -
so learners can post messages to other learners all over the
world and be sure that nobody is going to criticize language
mistakes. The new simple subscription procedure means learners
no longer have to be taking full time courses to join in.
The list has enormous potential for fun, interesting and enjoyable
practice in business related discussions and, of course, membership
is free. So if you have individual learners or classes who would
like to share their ideas in a non-threatening environment, please
pass on these instructions.
To join up send an email to: LISTSERV@LATROBE.EDU.AU In
the body of
the message (NOT on the subject line), write:
SUB BUSINESS-SL firstname & familyname here
For example: SUB BUSINESS-SL BILL GATES
It's as simple as that!
Posted by: Emily Lites
mailto:lites@bizenglish.com
**
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4. Legal English - a suggestion
-------------------------------
I don't know about any coursebooks, but I'd like to recommend
a very good dictionary. I hope it's useful.
Campbell Black, Henry, M.A. (1983) Black's Law Dictionary
-
With Pronunciations: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of
American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern.
Abridged Fifth Edition. St Paul, Minn.
West Publishing Co. (ISBN 0-314-77135-2)
Posted by: Analia Kandel
Mailto:akandel@cvtci.com.ar
**
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5. Legal English - another suggestion
-------------------------------------
ENGLISH FOR LAW
Riley, A.
Int/Adv
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0134012097
LAW TODAY
Powell, R.
Addison Wesley/Longman
ISBN 0582056357
ENGLISH LAW AND LANGUAGE
Russell, F. & Locke, C.
Int
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0132804549
Posted by: Martin Eayrs
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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6. Citing Sites: Help wanted
----------------------------
Students certainly benefit from the variety and newness
of
internet materials. Now, how are those sources currently
being acnowledged and cited in handouts or bibliographic
references?
I'm interested in both academic and journalistic websites.
Can anyone help me out with this?
Thank you.
Posted by: Graciela B Pascual
UNLPam
<mailto:gpascual@arnet.com.ar>gpascual@arnet.com.ar
**
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N&V-L Digest 485 - 25 May 1999
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There are 4 messages in this digest.
1. Legal English
2. Electronic citations
3. Citing Sites
4. Penfriends
**
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1. Legal English
----------------
To Heather Clark,
I've been teaching Legal English for some years but without
a text.
Apart from the bibliography already recommended, I use basically
material from:
'Wiley's English/Spanish and Spanish/English Legal Dictionary'
by Steven M. Kaplan
'Your Handbook of Everyday Law' by George Gordon Coughlin,
Jr
.- Harper Perennial
'Eddey on the English Legal System' by Penny Darbyshire
-
Sweet & Maxwell
'A Guide to Court Systems' - Institute of Judicial
Administration - Washington
and then,
the codes of Criminal Procedure, Code of Civil Procedure,
Constitutions, documents from the International Court of Justice,
(
USA) etc.
I adapt this material to the grading and sequency of an
ESP text and
try to do my best!
Best wishes,
Posted by: Cristina Zuppa
mailto: <mailto:zupcal@teletel.com.ar>zupcal@teletel.com.ar
**
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2. Electronic citations
-----------------------
Dear Graciela Pascual,
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
(Washington: American Psychological Association 1994, ISBN 1-55798-243-0
hardback and 1-55798-241-1 paperback) gives these guidelines for
online
references (my summary):
Give reference as normal, but replace usual location and
name of publisher
with an availability statement. This means giving enough information
to
retrieve the document - protocol (Telnet, FTP, etc.), the directory
and the
file name. Note that periods (full stops) are not used after addresses
which they might confuse. Examples:
*Abstract*
Jones, P. (1995). Lexical chunking in L2 production. [On-line].
Transylvanian Journal of Language Teaching 13, 112-123. Abstract
from:
DIALOG File: PsychINFO Item: 80-16351
*On-line journal: 1) E-mail; 2) FTP*
Jones, P. (1996, April). More lexical chunking in L2 production
[20
paragraphs]. Transylvanian Journal of Language Teaching [On-line
serial],
6(17). Available E-mail: langteach@utrans.ac.tr Message: Get langteach
96-1221
Jones, P. (1996, April). More lexical chunking in L2 production
[20
paragraphs]. Transylvanian Journal of Language Teaching [On-line
serial],
6(17). Available FTP: Hostname: utrans.edu Directory:
pub/ling/langteach/1996.volume.6 File:
langteach.96.6.17.lexical-chunking.4.jones
Best wishes,
Posted by: Catherine Walter
mailto:cwalter@compuserve.com
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3. Citing Sites
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The Library of Congress has a site explaining how to cite
material found on the Web. The address is
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/cite.html
Hope it helps.
Posted by: Germán Warckmeister
mailto:gwarck@overnet.com.ar
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4. Penfriends
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Dear teachers,
If you are looking for a place to send your students' letter,
you can
send them to an institute in Uruguay where students are willing
to
exchange experiences with others.
I am a teacher there and you can send the letters to me
and I will
clasify them and deliver to the different students (depending
on the
level).
Just send them to the following address:
G's Institute
Zapican 2574 /A
Montevideo 11800
Uruguay
If you know the students' level of English write it on
a different slip.
I hope this will create a snail mail chain.
Hope to receive your letters very soon
Posted by: Martin Inthamouss
mailto:marcostin@hotmail.com
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N&V-L Digest 486 - 28 May 1999
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There are 6 messages in this digest.
1. Checkpoint Presentation
2. Ron White in Cordoba
3. Educational weekends
4. OUP Adult Conference
5. Northwestern Conference on Education and Development
6. Upcoming events - SEAL Argentina
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1. Checkpoint Presentation
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Tom Eason, Cambridge International Examinations Director
for
The Americas, Europe and Australasia, will be giving a talk on
Checkpoint at the British Arts Centre , Suipacha 1333, on
Wednesday, June 30 at 15.00.
Checkpoint tests are targeted at students of about 14 years
of age, when many are about to commence studies for their first
public examinations.
These tests will be offered in 2000 and will be available
in
First Language English, Mathematics and Science. The feedback
produced will provide information about the topics on which
the students need to concentrate during their IGCSE or
International GCE O level courses or other international
programmes.
Posted by: Cristina Banfi
mailto:banfi@essarp.org.ar
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2. Ron White in Cordoba
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Ron White, Director, Centre for Applied Language Studies,
The University of Reading, will begiving a talk in Cordoba
in July.
Title: Looking at Tasks: co-operation and competition in
task
design and use
Blurb: Task Based Language Teaching has become a significant
new
trend in recent years. Research on the classroom use of
tasks suggests that task design and management are important
factors in ensuring that tasks satisfy some of the claims
that are made for them for effective language learning. In this
workshop, we will experiment with a number of task
formats, analyze key task features, and design a task for
classroom use, applying the principles developed in the
first part of the workshop.
When: July 2nd, 1999: from 10 am to 5pm.
Fee: $25 ( it includes coffee breaks, lunch and handouts.)
Venue: Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21, Rondeau 165, Cordoba.
Tel. (0351) 423-2626 (ext. 215),
Fax (0351) 424-8006, E-mail: idipe@uesiglo21.edu.ar
Limited Vacancies. Registration dateline: 28 June, 1999
Posted by Julio Gimenez
mailto:jgimenez@uesiglo21.edu.ar
**
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3. Educational weekends
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Copied to list
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:friends@ciudad.com.ar>friends
To: <mailto:interaction@movi.com.ar>interaction@movi.com.ar
Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: Tourism for bilingual schools
Dear Silvana: You wanted to know about "educational
weekends" for your students. I know of a place in Sierra
de la Ventana that might what you're looking for. For information
write or call:
MARGIE RUBIO - Barrio Golf - 8168 Sierra de la Ventana (0291)
4915 - 388 or Casilla de Correo 3
8168 Sierra de la Ventana.
Margie is an English teacher and intérprete ambiental at
Pque. Pcial. E. Tornquist. You won't regret it.
Posted by: María Cristina Magg1
mailto:friends@ciudad.com.ar
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4. OUP Adult Conference
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Oxford University Press has organised the First OUP Adult
Conference which will be held in Buenos Aires, on June 19.
To help teachers meet the specific needs of the adult learner,
we
have invited six speakers who will address different aspects of
this
often neglected area of the teaching of English. These are:
Susan Hillyard: "Teaching Effective Communication
to Adults"
David Husband: "Teaching for the BEC exam"
Cristina Djivanian: "Fun with Adults"
Caroline Gwatkin: "Making a Case of Case Studies"
Silvana Ioli: "The Adult Learner...a Neglected Species"
Robert Doyle: "Successful Planning for Adult Classes"
For further information please call Oxford University Press:
(011) 4312-5012/14
This event is free.
Registration (as of June 5): OUP (phone as above), Acme
Agency
(011) 4328-1662 and Estari Libros (011) 4371-2738.
Forwarded by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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5. Northwestern Conference on Education and Development
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IES LOLA MORA and SBS would like to announce the First Northwestern
Conference on Teacher Education and Professional Development,
to take
place in San Miguel de Tucuman from 11 to 13 June l999.
Speakers and subjects to be covered are:
ANA MARIA ARMENDARIZ (Why and whatin Foreign Language Education)
SUSANA SOLER DE BERTINI (Professional Development, A Growing Awareness)
JAMIE DUNCAN (What kind of Teacher are you?)
MARTIN EAYRS (Professionalism and the English Language Teacher),
CLARICE LAMB (Teacher's Pedagogical Reasoning)
MIRIAM RABINOVICH (Roles and Expectations: Exploring a Teacher's
Inner and Outer Multitudes)
OMAR VILLARREAL (Educating Robustiana: A Case Study in Teacher
Education), and
ORIEL E. VILLAGARCIA (Sixteen Ways to be a Teacher).
Publishers present: Cambridge, Heine & Heinle, Macmillan
Heinemann,
Oxford, Pearson, and Richmond will be present
with presentations, book displays and raffles, now
a traditional feature of ELT conferences.
Fees: $48 (forty eight pesos) if paid by 28 May
$58 thereafter.
Payments: by post to ALICIA NASCA, Crisostomo Alvarez 870,
Dto. D,
4000 San Miguel de Tucumán through a giro postal or bancario.
or by a deposit in Caja de Ahorro Number 52114984/8 Banco
Roberts. In that case, send a copy of your deposit slip to
ALICIA NASCA, and include your full particulars, i.e. full
name, address, phone number, email, and state whether you are
teaching and where. If you are a student say where.
Venue: Grand Hotel del Tucuman, Salón Los Lapachos,
Avda. Soldati 380,
S.M.de Tucumán.
Registrations can also be made at the IES Lola Mora, Muñecas
219, Primer
Piso, S.M.de Tucumán, Monday through Friday from 19:00
to 22:00 hours.
For further information email Alicia Nasca at <alicmati@rcc.com.ar>
or
phone SBS 4784-1501, 4780-1522 (Buenos Aires).
Posted by: Oriel E. Villagarcía
mailto:baires@sbs.com.ar
**
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6. Upcoming events - SEAL Argentina
-----------------------------------
SEAL (Society for Effective Affective Learning) Events
in
Argentina for 1999
August 14th: The Reading Workshop. Presented by Silvia de Aquino
(MA in Education from Oxford Brookes University)
October 16th: Self-esteem for the Little Ones. Presented by Verónica
de Andrés (MA in Education from Oxford Brookes University.
Member of Executive Board, International Council for
Self-Esteem. SEAL Representative in Argentina)
Venue: Colegio Amapola (Nicaragua 4739)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
To get information or register contact: SEAL Local Representative:
Verónica de Andrés at <mailto:veronica.wings@overnet.com.ar>veronica.wings@overnet.com.ar
or Mercedes de Moore at <mailto:moore@pccp.com.ar>moore@pccp.com.ar
or send us a fax to: (00 54) 11 4752-4701
Posted by: Mercedes Moore
mailto:moore@pccp.com.ar
**
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N&V-L Digest 487 - 31 May 1999
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There are 5 messages in this digest.
1. Legal English resources
2. English VO videos with English subtitles
3. Uruguay National ELT Conference - a reminder
4. ABS International - change of address and new branch
5. May 99 N&V-L Digest now up on web page
**
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of
ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
- Henry Adams
**
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1. Legal English resources
--------------------------
There is a wealth of online resources related to legal
English at:
http://members.tripod.com/~sadowsky/glosidx/gl15leg.html
Posted by: Julio Rodriguez
Iowa State University
mailto:juliocr@hotmail.com
**
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2. Spring seminar in Neuquen
----------------------------
The Instituto Neuquino del Profesorado en Inglés
announces
its Spring Seminar, to be held on September 24 and 25 in
Neuquén.
The speakers will be Ana Maria Armendariz, Martin Eayrs,
Daniela Forquera, Cristina Gallo, Cristina Thomson, Susan
Hillyard and Nori Robiglio.
We'll soon send an update with additional information on
the
sessions, social activities organised, fees, timetables and
discounts for early registration.
We hope to welcome colleagues from all over the country,
and
we promise to do our best to prevent our famous (or rather,
notorious!) winds from making an appearance on the dates
mentioned!!
For more information contact :
ipnpi@teletel.com.ar
lopezmesa@arnet.com.ar
monicaf@neuquen.com.ar
cristina@newsystem.com
Posted by: Cristina Gallo
Instituto Neuquino del Profesorado en Ingles
Neuquen, Argentina
mailto:cristina@newsystem.com
**
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2. English VO videos with English subtitles
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I was recently asked by a student if it was possible to
buy English original version films with subtitles in
English on the web or by mail order.
I know that in Spain they were available with Speak Up
magazine and although this magazine is available here in
Chile the videos aren't.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Posted by: Heather Clark
mailto:kenhjc@entelchile.net
**
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3. Uruguay National ELT Conference - a reminder
-----------------------------------------------
The Uruguay National Conference will take place at the
Anglo in
Montevideo on 9 July at the end of the LABCI conference and is
open to the general public.
The entrance fee will be only US$30, with coffee and tea
providad,
very feasible for people in Argentina or southern Brazil to get
over. It will be the big ELT event in Uruguay for the year, and
the exhibitors from LABCI and many LABCI speakers will also be
around.
Speakers will include Dave Allan (NILE, Norwich), Peter
Medgyes
(Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest), Herbert Puchta (CUP), Richard
Rossner (Bell Schools), Susan Holden (Swan Communication), Andy
Hopkins (Pearson Education), and Ron White (University of Reading).
Further information from <anglo@multi.com.uy>
Tel: (598-2) 902-37-73, Fax: (598-2) 902-13-87.
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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4. ABS International - change of address and new branch
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ABS International has both moved and opened a new branch.
Palermo branch: Güemes 4252
(new address) Tel: 4 832-3000
Barrio Norte branch: Gallo 1347
Tel: 4 961-3804
Posted by: Laura Lewin
mailto:laura@educa.com.ar
**
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5. May 99 N&V-L Digest now up on web page
-----------------------------------------
Today being 31 May (the end of the month) I should like
to remind
list members that digests of previous months - including this
month -
can be found on our web site at http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar.
Everything on the 'ELT News & Views' web site is free
and among
other things you will find there are:
ELT Jobshop (Argentina)
at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/jobshop/jobshop
Calendar of ELT events
at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/calendar/calendar.html
List of EFL acronyms
at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/acronyms/acronyms.html
Posted by: List Editor
mailto:me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
**
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